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Lead in Lipstick

“How much lipstick does the average
woman consume in a year? The average woman consumes between 26 and 58 grams of
lipstick per year.”(chacha.com) What if I said there is lead in lipstick, will
it change ones perspective on using lipstick? Probably not because we are
blinded by the products we use and we are in the urge to look our best imitating
the advertising models. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics tested 33 popular
brands of lipstick and found that 61 percent of lipsticks tested contained
lead. According to safecosmetics.org, “It took nearly two years, pressure from
consumers and a letter from three U.S. Senators, but in 2009 the FDA released a
follow-up study that found lead in all samples of lipstick it tested, at levels
ranging from 0.09 to 3.06 ppm – levels four times higher than the levels found
in the Campaign study.”

The FDA found the highest levels of
lipstick by the most popular brands on the market such as Cover Girl brand, L’Oreal,
Maybelline and Revlon. Even with the truth being exposed the FDA has failed to
take action on the safety of the consumers. Several bills have been introduced
in Congress regarding the issues but the cosmetics reforms remain uncertain regarding
it.

How can we test it ourselves?

Here is the test you can do yourself:1.Put some lipstick on your hand.2.Use a 14k-24k Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.3.If the lipstick color changes to black then you know
thelipstick contains lead.